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On this date Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia beginning WWI
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germany declares war on France as countries keep being added into the mix of the war
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Germany for the second time declares unrestricted submarine warfare angering many people
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on this day Germany signs an armistice with the allies ending WWI, WWI left 21 million soldiers wounded and nine million dead
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the holocaust was a mass genocide of the jewish race from 1933 - 1945. this was all directed by Hitler and his Nazi race. this went on for some time before anyone knew about it. of course there were some rumors floating around but no one believed them. This was one of the MAJOR reasons for WWII
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suprise attack from Japan on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. this was devastating. many of our men died and we were angry. this attack is initially what got us involved in WWII
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This day was "victory in Europe Day". this marked the day the Nazis armed forces surrendered.
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on this day, American dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. creating mass destruction, this was payback for Pearl Harbor. it took years for them to recover from such aftermath.
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North Korea launches a full scale attack against South Korea. North Korean infantry and tanks cross the 38th Parallel and meet little resistance. This is the start of the Korean War.
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The South Korean capital of Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
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The Battle of Inchon; General Douglas MacArthur leads an amphibious assault behind enemy lines.
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More than 100,000 Chinese soldiers secretly arrive in North Korea through the Yalu River. They handily defeat the South Korean army at Pukchin.
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The Korean Armistice Agreement officially ends the Korean War.
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A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet.
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- Mission to prevent possible attack on Saudi Arabia
- Iraw has 300,000 troops in Kuwait, Hussein declares Jihad (Holy War)
- Creates a hastened peace treaty with Iran to get military up to full strength
- United Nations gives them until January 15th, 1991 to withdraw
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt ask the united States and the International community for help
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- 42 days of attacks until February 28th is a cease fire
- Leads to Iraq war in 2003
- President Hosni Murbarak wants to prevent U.S. intervention if possible
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-The ground offensive begins, they storm Kuwait andd the Southern part of Iraq
-Casualties:
Iraq - 8,000-10,000 killed
Coalition- 300 killed
-Treaty was made:
-Recognize Kuwait
-Get rid of all WMD (Nuclear, Biological or chemical weapons) -
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-Hussein remains in power
Hussein brutal to Kurds in Northern Iraw and Shiites in Southern Iraq
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-Somalia is experiencing famine and a civil war
-Somalis are being starved to death
-U.S. troops are there to help those people -
-Authorizes humanitarian relief efforts
-Establishes UN operations in Somalia (UNOSOM)
- Sort out the confusion amongst the groups in the region
- Helps get supplies where they are supposed to go -
Want to avoid using the military in these humanitarian efforts
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-U.S. Marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the are, they have been successful so far and everyone is cooperative
-Biggest warlord issue between General Mohammad Farrar Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed
-UN starts to move into countryside to assist
-U.S. wants to turn mission over in April as things are going well
-No more military just humanitarian relief
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